miércoles, 13 de marzo de 2013

Snow cover sprawled across the northeastern United States in early March 2013. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra
satellite captured this natural-color image on March 9. Snow cover
stretched from West Virginia into Canada, and from the western shore of
Lake Ontario to the Atlantic Ocean.The snow cover lingered in the wake of another winter nor'easter. Meteorologist Jeff Masters of Weather Underground
noted that while the storm was bringing significant snowfall to the
eastern United States, the storm center was roughly 600 miles (1,000
kilometers) east-southeast of New York City. The storm’s sheer
size—roughly 1,000 miles (1,600 kilometers) across—enabled it to affect
such a large area.The storm deposited more than 6 inches (15 centimeters) of snow cover
on 17 states, coating the Plains and Midwest before heading east. Some
of the highest snowfall totals occurred in the Appalachian Mountains,
including 24 inches (61 centimeters) in Franklin, West Virginia.Snow wasn’t the only hazard posed by the storm; parts of the
Massachusetts coast also suffered a storm surge. Arriving during the
morning high tide cycle on March 8, the surge led to street flooding,
structure damage, and erosion.